The Léo-Pariseau Prize is a Québécois prize which is awarded annually to a distinguished individual working in the field of biological or health sciences. The prize is awarded by the
Association francophone pour le savoir
Acfas (previously: Association francophone pour le savoir from 2001 to May 2019 and before, Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences from 1923 to 2001 "ACFAS" or "Acfas") is the principal French-language learned society in ...
( Acfas), and is named after Léo Pariseau, the first president of Acfas.
The award was inaugurated in 1944 and was the first Acfas prize. Prior to 1980 the prize was awarded to researchers in a large variety of disciplines, before being restricted to biological and health sciences. There are now ten annual prizes for researchers in different disciplines.
Marie-Victorin Kirouac
Brother Marie-Victorin, F.S.C. (April 3, 1885 – July 15, 1944), was a Canadian member of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a noted botanist in Quebec, Canada. He is known as the father of the Botanical Garden of Montreal.
Biograp ...
, botany, Université de Montréal
*1945 -
Paul-Antoine Giguère
Paul-Antoine Giguère, (January 13, 1910 – December 25, 1987) was a Canadian academic and chemist.
Born in Quebec City, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Université Laval in 1934, and a doctorate from McGill University in 1937 ...
, chemistry, Université Laval
*1946 -
Marius Barbeau
Charles Marius Barbeau, (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology. A ...
, ethnology, Université Laval
*1947 - Jacques Rousseau, botany and ethnology, Université de Montréal
*1948 - Léo Marion, chemistry, University of Ottawa
*1949 - Jean Bruchési, history and political science, Université de Montréal
*1950 - Louis-Charles Simard, pathology, Université de Montréal
*1951 - Cyrias Ouellet, chemistry, Université Laval
*1952 - Louis-Paul Dugal, physiology, Université de Montréal
*1953 -
Guy Frégault
Guy Frégault (June 16, 1918 – December 13, 1977) was a Canadian historian and writer from Quebec.
He worked at the history department of Montreal University.
Biography
Frégault was born in Montreal on June 16, 1918. He lived his childhoo ...
, history, Université de Montréal
*1954 - Pierre Demers. physics, Université de Montréal
*1955 - René Pomerleau, mycology, Université de Montréal
*1956 - Marcel Rioux, anthropology, Université de Montréal
*1957 - No prize awarded.
*1958 -
Roger Gaudry
Roger Gaudry, (December 15, 1913 – October 7, 2001) was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and rector of the Université de Montréal.
Early life and education
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Scien ...
Marcel Trudel
Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been ma ...
, history, Université Laval
*1961 - Raymond Lemieux, chemistry, University of Alberta
*1962 - Charles-Philippe Leblond, histology, McGill University
*1963 -
Lionel Groulx
Lionel Groulx (; 13 January 1878 – 23 May 1967) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, historian, and Quebec nationalist.
Biography
Early life and ordination
Lionel Groulx, né Joseph Adolphe Lyonel Groulx, the son of a farmer and lumber ...
, history, Université de Montréal
*1964 -
Larkin Kerwin
John Larkin Kerwin (June 22, 1924 – May 1, 2004) was a Canadian physicist.
Born in Quebec City, he studied physics at St. Francis Xavier University and obtained his master's degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. H ...
, physics, Université Laval
*1965 -
Pierre Dansereau
Pierre Dansereau (October 5, 1911 – September 28, 2011) was a Canadian ecologist from Quebec known as one of the "fathers of ecology".
Biography
Born in Outremont, Quebec (now part of Montreal), he received a Bachelor of Science in Agricult ...
, ecology, Université du Québec à Montréal
*1966 - Noël Mailloux, psychology, Université de Montréal
*1967 - Albéric Boivin, physics, Université Laval
*1968 - Léonard-Francis Bélanger, histology, Université de Montréal
*1969 -
Louis-Edmond Hamelin
Louis-Edmond Hamelin, (21 March 1923 – February 11, 2020) was a Canadian geographer, professor, and author born in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada, best known for his studies of Northern Canada.
Hamelin created the Centre for Northern Studie ...
, geography, Université Laval
*1973 - Camille Sandorfy, chemistry, Université de Montréal
*1974 - Antoine D'Iorio, biochemistry, Université d'Ottawa
*1975 - Pierre Angersphilosophy, Université de Montréal
*1976 -
Paul Marmet
Paul Marmet; (20 May 1932 – 20 May 2005) was a Canadian physicist and professor, best known for developing, along with his mentor Larkin Kerwin, a high resolution electron selector for the study of ionic electronic states. This instrument, alo ...
, physics, Université Laval
*1977 - Jacques de Repentigny, microbiology and immunology, Université de Montréal
*1978 -
Vincent Lemieux
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer'').
People with the given name Artists
*Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
*Vincent van Gogh ...
, political science, Université Laval
*1979 - Pierre Deslongchamps, chemistry, Université de Sherbrooke
*1980 - André Barbeau, neurology, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
*1981 - Jean-G. Lafontaine, biology, Université Laval
*1982 - J.-André Fortin, botany, Université Laval
*1983 - Germain Brisson, nutrition, Université Laval
*1984 -
Wladimir A. Smirnoff Wladimir Alexandre Smirnoff or Vladimir A. Smirnoff (1 September 1917 – 1 November 2000) was a Soviet-born entomologist who worked in French Morocco and Canada on biological control particularly for the use of ''Bacillus thuringiensis'' for the ma ...
, microbiology, Environment Canada
*1985 -
Louis Legendre
Louis Legendre (22 May 1752 – 13 December 1797) was a French politician of the Revolution period.
Early activities
Born at Versailles, he was keeping a butcher's shop in Saint Germain, Paris, by 1789. He was an ardent supporter of the ideas ...
, biology, Université Laval
*1986 -
Marc Cantin Marc Cantin (1933–1990) was a Canadian Québécois doctor and professor. His studies were completed at Laval University in Quebec and at the University of Chicago. He was a professor at the University of Montreal and at McGill University an ...
, medicine, Université de Montréal
*1987 - Guy Lemieux, nephrology, Université de Montréal
*1988 - Pierre Borgeat, physiology, Université Laval
*1989 - Jules Hardy, neurosurgery, Université de Montréal
*1990 - Jacques de Champlain, medicine, Université de Montréal
*1991 - Jacques Leblanc, medicine, Université Laval
*1992 - Paul Jolicoeur, molecular biology, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
*1993 - Albert J. Aguayo, neurology, McGill University
*1994 - Emil Skamene, medicine, McGill University
*1995 - André Parent, physiology, Université Laval
*1996 - Domineco Regoli, pharmacology, Université de Sherbrooke
*1997 -
Rémi Quirion
Rémi Quirion, (born January 9, 1955) is a Canadian scientist. He is the first Chief Scientist of Quebec.
Born in Lac-Drolet, Quebec, Quirion received a Ph.D. from Université de Sherbrooke in 1980. He was a Professor of Psychiatry at McGill Un ...
, neurosciences, McGill University
*1998 - Serge Rossignol, neurosciences, Université de Montréal
*1999 - Guy Armand Rouleau, neurology, McGill University
*2000 - Rima Rozen, human genetics and pediatrics, McGill University
*2001 - Nabil G. Seidah, biochemistry and molecular medicine, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
*2002 - Graham Bell. biology, McGill University
*2003 -
Mona Nemer
Mona Nemer, (born 1957) is a Lebanese-Canadian scientist specializing in molecular genetics and cardiac regeneration. She was formerly a professor of pharmacology at the University of Montreal and the Director of the Cardiac Development Researc ...
, pharmacology, Université de Montréal
*2004 - Jacques Montplaisir, sleep sciences, Université de Montréal
*2005 - Laurent Descarries, pathology and cell biology, Université de Montréal
*2006 - Michel Bouvier, biochemistry, Université de Montréal
*2007 - André Veillette, immunology, Université de Montréal
*2008 - Michael Kramer, pediatrics, Université McGill
*2009 - Michel J. Tremblay, medical biology, Université Laval
*2010 - René Roy, medicinal chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal
*2011 - Claude Perreault, immunology, Université de Montréal
*2012 - Julien Doyon, neurosciences, Université de Montréal
*2013 - Jean-Pierre Julien, neurodegeneration, Université Laval
*2014 - Marc-André Sirard, animal reproduction, Université Laval
*2015 - Guy Sauvageau, immunology and oncology, Université de Montréal
*2016 - Gustavo Turecki, suicide and neurosciences, McGill University
*2017 - Jacques Simard, genetics, Université Laval
*2018 - Sylvain Moineau, microbiology, Université Laval
*2019 - Sylvain Chemtob, neonatalogy and pharmacology, Université de Montréal
See also
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List of biology awards
This list of biology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for biology. It includes a general list and lists of ecology, genetics and neuroscience awards. It excludes awards for biochemistry, biomedical science, medicine, ornitholo ...
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List of medicine awards
This list of medicine awards is an index to articles about notable awards for contributions to medicine, the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. The list is organized by region and ...